Steel fence-post.



PATENTED NOV. 5, 1907.

J. P. LAVOIE. STEEL FENCE POST.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 6, 1906. RENEWED APB. 26, 1907.

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JOSEPH P. LAVOIE, OF KIBBEY, MONTANA.

sTEE'L FENCE-POST.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 5, 1907.

Application filed April 5, 1906. Serial No. 310.118. Renewed April 26,1907. Serial No. 370,441.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH P. LAVOIE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kibbey, in the county of Cascade, State of Montana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Steel Fence-Posts; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention has relation to fence posts and their equipments for the construction and maintenance of wire fences.

It is the object of the invention to provide a fencepost and wire-sustaining and holding I adjuncts in which wires to any reasonable number may be quickly and readily secured and held firmly against danger of becoming displaced.

The invention consists of a hollow post of any desired size, slotted from near the top to near the bottom in which the shank of a bolt and a part of the clip for holding the wire may slide, and an enlarged aperture at the top of the post in which the longitudinal slot opens for the entrance of the head of the bolt, all combined and operating substantially as hereinafter fully described and explained in connection with the drawings hereto appended, forming a part of this specification, and to which reference is to be had.

Of the said drawings '.Figure 1 is a front view of my improved fence post and its equipments suilicient to enable those skilled in the art to understand its construction and mode of operation. Fig. 2 is a vertical section through a part of the post. Fig. 3 is a section on line 33 of Fig. 1. Fig. i is a perspective view of the wire-holding 'clip.

In carrying out my invention, I take a hollow post 5 of any desired size, and that may be round, rectangular or of any other suitable form, in cross section, and provide a slot 6 in one side, which slot extends into the hollow space andfrom near the top to near the bottom, and forms an enlarged entrance aperture 7 at the upper end of the said slot so that the latter will open into the said aperture. I provide a wire-holding clip 8 as shown in Fig. 4 in which the upper part 'is made flat to suit it to fit against the post, and a bolt-hole 9 is made through the flat portion. Below the fiat part of the clip, I make a bend 10, therein which bend extends outward and back so as to embrace a fence-wire 11, and hold it in such manner that it may be by preference pressed securely against the post. The clip at its lower end, below the wire-holding bend 10, is provided with a suitably-shaped tab or tip 12 that enters the slot 6 and holds the clip against being moved laterally. As stated, the bend 10 will embrace the fence-wire 11 and hold the latter pressed against the post.

In use the post may be assumed to be set in vertical position with the slotted side facing in the direction desired. The shank of a headed bolt 13 will extend through the bolt-hole 9 and have a bur or nut 14 turned on its threaded end, as shown in Fig. 4. With the parts thus assembled the head of the bolt will be passed through the enlarged aperture 7, and the square Shoulder formed on the bolt shank will be moved down in the slot 6. The fence wire to be held by the clip will be put in position behind the bend 10 and with the tip 12 at the lower end of the clip passed with the slot in the post the nut 14 Will be tightened as firmly as may be necessary or desirable. In this Way the Wire will be secured to the post so that it cannot be slipped down or up. It may be clamped at any point within the extent of the slot 6, and the post may be provided with as many wire-holding clips as may be desired. The Wires may be clamped to the post very quickly, and as the clips and associated parts are alike in form, no time is lost in looking for rights or lefts, etc. All that is essential is to feed the heads of the bolts into the aperture 7, slide the clip down in the slot 6 to place, see that the point 12 is in the slot 6 and the fence-wire 11 is in place, when the nut 14 may be tightened and the work complete.

Of course, the parts may be varied in form and arrangement within the limits of mechanical skill Without departing from the nature or spirit of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim,

The combination, with a hollow fence-post haviug an intact top and a pointed intact bottom. and provided with a longitudinal slot extending into the hollow of the post from near the top to near the bottom, and enlarged at its upper end to form an entrance aperture; of a wireholding clip having a flat upper portion provided with a bolt-hole, and a concave-convex portion adapted to embrace the wire and terminatingin a tab or point extending; into the slot; and a headed bolt. provided with a nut on its threaded end and arranged in said bolt-hole, the bolt head being passed through said aperture with its shank fitting- .in said slot, and the nut being adapted to be turned upon the threaded shank of the bolt to tighten the flat portion of the clip against the post and clamp "the fence-wire in place within said concavo'convex portion.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

Josnnn P. LAVOIE.

Witnesses THORWALD EIDEN, ROBERT ENGLISH. 

